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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
528 PM MDT TUE AUG 4 2026
NMZ207-220-241-050015-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY NM-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS NM-SAN AGUSTIN
PLAINS AND ADJACENT LOWLANDS NM-
528 PM MDT TUE AUG 4 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM MDT...
AT 528 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES WEST OF SAN ACACIA, OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOCORRO, MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND HALF INCH SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOCORRO, MAGDALENA, LEMITAR, SAN ACACIA, ESCONDIDA, LA JOYA AND
CHAMIZAL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 126...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 136 AND 138. INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 146 AND 171.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
BLOWING DUST ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REDUCE
VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
LAT...LON 3442 10719 3437 10684 3401 10688 3405 10713
3406 10715 3407 10714 3408 10716 3408 10715
3409 10715 3410 10717 3413 10718 3412 10720
3410 10721 3407 10721 3408 10722 3407 10723
3408 10729
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 124DEG 14KT 3423 10705
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH
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